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I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things. As far as I can conjecture the art consists in… — Charles Darwin
Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know the end of those things… — Leonardo da Vinci
Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they… — Heraclitus
Let the fruition of things bless the possession of them, and take no satisfaction in dying but living rich. — Thomas Browne
Speaking is a beautiful folly; with that man dances over all things. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on… — Elbert Hubbard
Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason. — Gelett Burgess
He who prohibited the making of a graven image would never himself have made an image in the likeness of holy things [i.e., by creating… — Clement of Alexandria
Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all the adornment of the universe,… — Tertullian
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which… — George Washington
Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come… — Joseph Wood Krutch
The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions. — Friedrich Nietzsche
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three… — Charles Caleb Colton
When you grow up in America things like Christianity waters down your feeling... When you're taught to love everybody, taught to love you're enemies, what… — Marilyn Manson
Fools! You think of "god" as a sentient being. God is the word used to represent a force. This force created nothing, it just helps… — Diogenes
Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs among the lost.… — Dante Alighieri
Little things are indeed little, but to be faithful in little things is a great thing. — Mother Teresa
Ideas, unlike solid structures, do not perish. They remain immortal, immaterial and everywhere, like all Divine things. Ideas are a golden, savage landscape that we… — Alan Moore
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. — Baron de Montesquieu
Dear young people, do not bury your talents, the gifts that god has given you! Do not be afraid to dream of great things! — Pope Francis
A mistake is simply another way of doing things — Katharine Graham
Butterflies are very interesting. Here these things are little grubs for a while. And then they go into a little coffin. There they are in… — Roger Tory Peterson
Humans test their brand new wings and invent new possibilities using new-fangled things not with grim determination, but with play. — Howard Bloom
And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what… — Khalil Gibran
The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need to put on a white… — James Hillman

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